 | William Conant Church - Generals - 1897 - 586 pages
...have done the country. I wish to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march...had any faith, except a general hope that you knew 1863] Incidents of the Siege of Vicksburg. 187 better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - Biography & Autobiography - 1897 - 456 pages
...have done the country. I wish to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg I thought you should do what you finally did — march...thus go below — and I never had any faith, except printed in letters of gold, in which he makes the acknowledgment to Grant, " You were right and I was... | |
 | Norman Hapgood - Presidents - 1899 - 478 pages
...I wish to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you would do what you finally did — march the troops across...the like could succeed. When you got below and took Fort Gibson, Grand Gulf, and the vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join General... | |
 | Norman Hapgood - Presidents - 1899 - 478 pages
...I wish to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you would do what you finally did — march the troops across...the like could succeed. When you got below and took Fort Gibson, Grand Gulf, and the vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join General... | |
 | Intellect - 1899 - 848 pages
...have done the country. 1 wish to say a word further When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did -march...faith, except a general hope that you knew better than 1, that the Yazoo Pawn expedition and the like could succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson,... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1900 - 278 pages
...have done the country. I wish to say a word further. When yotf fin* reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do What you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run Ihe batteries with the transports, and thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1901 - 262 pages
...have done the country. I wish to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march...general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo 175 Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf,... | |
 | Francis Grant Blair - 1908 - 80 pages
...When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg. I thought you should do what you finally did—march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with...Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought you sho ild go down the river and join General Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black,... | |
 | Nicholas Smith - Generals - 1909 - 432 pages
...services you have done the country. "I wish to say further: When you reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march...than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like would succeed. "When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought you should... | |
 | Pennsylvania - 1909 - 680 pages
...you finaly did — March the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and then go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yaroo Pass expedition, and the like, could succeed. When you got below, and took Port Gibson, Grand... | |
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When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew... 
